Climbing Pitcairn Island: Extreme Exposure

Once home to the notorious Bounty mutineers and now to a shocking scandal, lonely Pitcairn Island is hoping to shake its dark legacy. Can a rock-climbing expedition help forge a better future? Photographs by Jimmy Chin

The islanders' only source of income is from selling various hand-carved and homemade wooden products to tourists on passing ships. In this photo, Brenda Christian makes models of the Bounty to sell. —Photographer Jimmy Chin

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